December14,2017
Racers: Larry Poons and Frank Stella
“Wesaythattheworld’smagnificencehasbeenenrichedbyanewbeauty;thebeautyofspeed.Aracingcarwhosehoodisadornedwithgreatpipes,likeserpentsofexplosivebreath…ismore
beautifulthantheVictoryofSamothrace.”-TheFuturistManifesto1909LorettaHowardGalleryispleasedtopresentRacers:LarryPoonsandFrankStella,openingJanuary11th6:00-8:00pmandrunningthroughFebruary10th,2017.Longtimefriends,LarryPoonsandFrankStellametwhentheywerebothshowingattheLeoCastelligalleryinthe1960s.Theircloserelationshipisbuiltonmutualrespectandasharedsensibilitythatincludesrisktakingandintuition.Thisexhibitionpairsthetwoartistsforthefirsttimeandinvestigatestheirsharedpassions.ForLarryPoons,motorcycleracinghasbeenaseriousavocationfordecades.At80yearsold,heisstillonthecircuitandtinkeringwithhissinglecylinderDucatiMark3bike.FrankStellatouredF1GrandPrixracesandownsabeautifulIndyracecarthatisparkedinhisstudio.StellawasinspiredtocreatehisCircuitpaintingsasaresultofalltheracetrackshehasvisited.Stella’sredF1racecarandPoonsvintageItalianmotorcycleareindeedbeautifulobjectsbutmoresignificantlyinvolvespeedandrisk.Toraceistobeadaredevilandpushtheboundariesoftheordinary;italsoreliesonintuition—qualitiesthatthesetwoartistshaveemployedintheirpaintingpracticemanytimesover.Theirsharedinterestinnonconformityalsorunsdeep.Bothartiststhrillinbreakingthelimitsofspeedaswellasconventionsinpainting.Thecharacterologicalimpulsetoraceismorethananinterestinthecraftofdriving;itisalsoexperientialandintense.Foradditionalinformation,pleasecontactChristianaIne-KimbaBoyleat212.695.0164orchristiana@lorettahoward.com.
